Glass International News
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AGC Europe adds 1000tpd line to flat glass plant
AGC Glass Europe (a division of Japan’s Asahi Glass) has launched a flat glass production line near Klin in Russia with a reported capacity of 1000 tons per day.
08 June 2010 -
Permanent bar coding on glass
RS International Ceramics Supplies Co (RSICS) – a producer of high-temperature bar codes – has developed a system of serialised bar codes that can be applied to glass substrates and ‘fired’ onto the surface, giving a permanent, scratch, chemical and heat resistant bar code.
07 June 2010 -
O-I launches new lightweight wine bottles
Owens-Illinois (O-I) has announced the launch of its lightest ever North American wine bottle, which, it reports, is up to 27% lighter than similar bottles at 11.6oz.
07 June 2010 -
Heye reports plant success
A container plant in Uzbekistan, which started production in October 2009, is operating successfully, reports the facility’s complete equipment supplier, Heye International.
04 June 2010 -
Flat glass company forms
A new company, named International Glass Specialists, has been formed in Kingsport in the state of Tennessee, USA.
03 June 2010 -
New glassworks opens
The opening of a new glassworks in Ujazd in central Poland has created some 300 jobs.
03 June 2010
